Qin State, Xianyang, commodity futures market.

"Oh my God, copper has risen so much? What's the matter?" An investor exclaimed. Within a day, the price of copper rose by 7%, which is absolutely terrifying. Up. Because the base of copper is very large. An increase of 7%. This profit is very substantial.

"I really want to know what happened to copper?" an investor said.

"I don't know, it may be weather or war. In short, the price of copper should fall in the long run, not rise, because this is very counterintuitive." Another investor said. Many investors are trying to explain the factors behind the sudden rise in copper prices, but many people are unable to explain because they themselves do not know what happened. But in fact, this is due to the rapid decrease in Qin's copper inventory.

Copper is needed in many places. Copper is a very good conductor. It has a great advantage in communication, especially in cable manufacturing. Therefore, copper will drastically consume a large amount of copper in cable manufacturing first, and more and more. Bronze is broken down, and they must first meet the communication needs.

South Korea is actively developing the western continent. They need to know everything that is happening in the western continent in time. Therefore, a large number of submarine cables and cables have been manufactured. At the same time, Chu State is also actively expanding their number of cables. As a result, the demand for copper has rapidly expanded.

Not only these countries, but copper is also used in many parts. For example, South Korea is developing the propellers used in their hulls. The propellers use a lot of bronze. In order to obtain the bronze, some people even steal the bronze used by the palace. Products, it can be seen that the lack of copper has reached what point.

However, the largest demand for copper comes from power companies. The demand for electricity is increasing. Especially the electricity consumption in Guanzhong area of ​​Qin State is increasing rapidly. This increase is extremely large. A large number of generators and motors are being used. Manufactured, and among them, the demand for copper wire has reached an astonishing level.

However, copper mining in the north has declined due to a lack of labor, while the backlog of road conditions in Dawan's copper transportation has directly led to a rapid decrease in copper reserves. On the one hand, demand is rapidly increasing, and on the other hand, copper mining efforts. , And transportation is greatly affected. This directly led to the rise of Qin's copper price.

"Qin State needs a lot of copper, but there is a big problem in the supply of copper." Meng Yi said to Shangwen.

"I know this. The only solution is to build a large number of railways and provide more labor to the north. The Huns in the north can only become excellent soldiers to provide land. At this point, I think the Qin State Army Department The military reform plan of the People's Republic of China should be completely annulled. They went too anxiously. This immediately harmed the interests of the soldiers of the State of Qin. I think this should not be done." Shang Wen said.

"But how to solve the copper problem?" Meng Yi asked.

"The only way to find a solution from the Yueshi area. A large number of prisoners of war can only be replenished to the northern area. Maybe other areas are also possible, depending on how much is left after passing through the Western Regions." Shang Wen said helplessly.

"Okay. But I think the railway in Dawan must be built, but we need more railway workers who can withstand large-scale consumption." Meng Yi said.

"Well. It depends on the situation of the Yue family." Shang Wen said.

"If the Yueshi people can provide a large number of prisoners of war, this problem will be easily solved. The problem is that we only rely on one Yueshi, which is not enough to solve so many problems." Shang Wen said.

South Korea, Xinzheng, a cable manufacturer, the cables they produce are cheap kerosene paper cables, which are cheap but can be manufactured on a large scale.

"The price of copper has risen so much all of a sudden, and our cables will have no profit." The director said worriedly.

"No, many horse-drawn carriage parts and some parts production factories are also worried about such things, but they have no way at all, because the copper supply is in the hands of the people of Chu, and the people of Qin people need to rely on the people of Dawan. This is also no way. Things.” The purchasing supervisor said helplessly.

"However, the director, I have a solution." The supervisor put forward his opinion at this time.

"What's the idea?" the supervisor asked.

"It's very simple. The use of silver is based on what I learned from the people of Qin. The price of this silver is relatively low. This time the rise in copper has exceeded that of silver. As a result, the price of silver is much lower. We can make a large-scale increase in the price of silver. When using silver, you should know that the performance of silver is not lower than that of copper." The supervisor said.

"Yeah. Then do what you want, but we must meet our production needs. Now the number of cables needed in the South is increasing. Especially Chu, this is our major customer, and we must first satisfy them. Needs. Do you understand?" said the director.

"Yes, I still understand this very well," the supervisor said.

If it is produced according to the current copper price, the cable factory may suffer a big loss, but the use of silver, this precious metal that has always been found to be very useful, will be used in cable production, which may be his only effective use.

But this is also a helpless move. After all, the rise in copper prices has affected their production, as production costs increase. They can only do this.

Yueshi. Attack on the western front.

"Boom. Boom." The Yue's artillery troops were frantically focusing their firepower to shoot. The shells directly hit the Indian fortress. The fortress withstood a large number of bombardment shells, but it still maintained a stalemate here. situation.

"With such fierce artillery fire, the **** Indians can still stand in a stalemate." Admiral Moran took the binoculars and looked at the Indians who were bombarded by the artillery in the distance.

"It seems that we still need more powerful weapons to solve all the problems here." Admiral Moran asked.

"We have already gained a lot. Now is the time we should leave." Mengla said.

"Indeed, we must leave here. We have gained too much. Many soldiers are no longer willing to lose their lives here. We should go back. Let's retreat." Admiral Moran said.

This is the temptation of the Yueshi people to the Indian fortress, the temptation before they retreat.